IP Library Granted Patent US 8,980,385
Granted Patent B2
US 8,980,385 · App. 13/813,776 · Granted Mar 17, 2015

Optical film

Inventors: Mi So Lim (Daegu, KR); Sang Hyun Baek (Gyeongsangbuk-do, KR)
Assignee: Kolon Industries, Inc.
G02B1/00C09D175/04G02B1/105G02B5/0242G02B5/0278Y10T428/259Y10T428/265
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Patent No.
US 8,980,385
App. No.
13/813,776
Granted
Mar 17, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is an optical film including a polyurethane coating layer including high refractive inorganic materials to lower reflectivity without causing a rainbow phenomenon.

Claims (16)

1. An optical film, comprising:

a biaxially stretched polyester base film; and

a polyurethane coating layer on one surface or both surfaces of the base film, wherein the polyurethane coating layer is formed from a polyurethane coating composition comprising a polyurethane binder having a refractive index of 1.54 to 1.59 and a high refractive inorganic filler having a refractive index of 2.0 or more,

wherein the polyurethane binder is prepared by reacting a polyol with an isocyanate compound including at least one aromatic isocyante compound of the following Formula 1:

OCN—Ar—NCO  Formula 1

wherein Ar is naphthalene or phenalene.

2. The optical film of claim 1 , wherein the high refractive inorganic filler is one or a mixture of two or more selected from the group consisting of ZnO, TiO 2 , CeO 2 , SnO 2 , and ZrO 2 .

3. The optical film of claim 1 , wherein the amount of the aromatic isocyanate compound is 25 to 90 wt % based on the total content of the isocyanate compound.

4. The optical film of claim 1 , wherein the polyurethane coating composition has a total solid content of 2 to 10 wt %;

wherein the polyurethane coating composition comprises 5 to 30 wt % of the polyurethane binder, 0.5 to 30 wt % of the high refractive inorganic filler which has a solid content of 5 to 40 wt %, 0.1 to 0.4 wt % of wetting agent, and 0.1 to 0.5 wt % of silica having an average particle size of 100 to 200 nm; and

wherein said high refractive inorganic filler is dispersed in water.

5. The optical film of claim 4 , wherein the polyurethane binder is an aqueous polyurethane binder having a solid content of 15 to 30 wt %; and wherein the polyurethane binder comprises water and a reactive emulsifier having ionic groups.

6. The optical film of claim 4 , wherein the high refractive inorganic filler has an average particle size less than 30 nm.

7. The optical film of claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the polyurethane coating layer in dry state is 15 to 150 nm.

8. The optical film of claim 1 , wherein the base film is a polyethyleneterephthalate film.

9. The optical film of claim 8 , wherein the optical film further includes a hard coating layer.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 15, 2026
From: SK MICROWORKS CO., LTD.
To: MICROWORKS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 074078/0870 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded May 15, 2025
From: KOLON INDUSTRIES, INC.
To: SK MICROWORKS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 071275/0160 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 2, 2013
From: LIM, MI SO; BAEK, SANG HYUN
To: KOLON INDUSTRIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 030133/0556 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2010-0075278 · Aug 4, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130189515A1 · Jul 25, 2013